The nation’s largest Muslim advocacy organization has reacted to an Islamaphobic statement posted by a Spokane Valley councilwoman on her personal Facebook page.

Spokane Valley Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger declared she is a “proud Islamophobe” in a post Thursday morning. During an interview with the Spokesman-Review, Yaeger said that she does not believe Islam is a religion, but a style of government. She also said that Islam has no home in Spokane Valley. On Friday, Yaeger did not respond to requests for comment.

On Friday morning, the Council on American-Islamic Relations posted a statement calling for locals to repudiate Yaeger’s Islamophobic Facebook post and comments.

“As we have seen in the past few days, there is a concerted nationwide effort to fan the flames of anti-Muslim bigot

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